Chapter 516 Night Attack on Xiaomei Mountain

Ding Yuanzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued: "Lord Wei, according to the shopkeeper of the rice shop, the situation in the surrounding villages and towns is the same, the grain has been purchased and exhausted, and those grain buyers look very vicious, but they still paid the store money according to the market price, but asked the store not to talk much, and the shopkeeper in the town is a distant relative of Ding, so I only knew about it, as for who those people are, it is unknown." ”

Xiao Qi nodded thoughtfully and said: "Mayor Ding, this Meilin Town and Xiaomei Mountain are closely connected, maybe there are traitors hidden in it, so our army temporarily blockades the town, there is Mayor Laoding, you tell the people in the town, as long as you don't leave, our army will not interfere with everyone's freedom, and when the matter is over, the blockade will be lifted." ”

"Yes, sir." Ding Yuanzhi said, "My lord is hard, please go to the cold house to rest." ”

"No need, Mayor Ding, the lower official can rest here, you go and get busy, if there is something, the lower official will let someone invite you."

After Ding Yuanzhi left, Xiao Qi and the others found a shady place, sat on the ground, and asked Xiao 18 in detail about the terrain of Xiaomei Mountain. In the evening, Suo Wuxian and Yun Zhongfei, who had gone to inquire about the news, returned to the gate of Merlin Town.

Suo Wuxian took a sip of water and reported: "My lord, according to the news obtained by his subordinates and Lord Yun, most of the black-clothed people are in Xiaomei Mountain, the front mountain of Xiaomei Mountain is divided into East Mountain and West Mountain, and the back mountain is basically uninhabited, there are more than 300 black-clothed people on the East Mountain, and nearly 900 people on the West Mountain, and there is no sign of leaving. ”

Xiao Qi said "um" and said, "Okay, then according to the plan, tonight, attack Xiaomeishan." ”

"Yes, sir."

In a humble cottage on the West Mountain, the Fifth Elder Fang He, who had just arrived at Ningguo Mansion from the Shenggong Cave, was anxiously walking back and forth in the house, muttering from time to time: "Why haven't the people from Luzhou been there yet?" ”

According to the evacuation plan discussed in advance by Yang Lian Zhenjia and Fang Chenqian, someone should have come to Xiaomeishan two days ago and told them the path to retreat north.

"The Fifth Elder should be in a hurry." Yang Lian Zhenjia said coldly, "The matter has come to this, maybe the people from Luzhou are delayed on the way." ”

Fang He was a little impatient, and said: "High Priest, we will stay here for a long time, it is not the best policy, the Heavenly Dao Alliance has a large number of people, this way to the west, the goal is quite large, it is very likely that the Song army will find this place, or make plans early." ”

"The five elders are reasonable, the poor monk has just negotiated with the big boss, if he hasn't received the news tonight, early tomorrow morning, he will order everyone to break into pieces, go north one after another, and cross the border from the north of Zhenzhou, the terrain in that area The poor monk is very familiar with it, and he can bypass the Song army on defense."

Fang He's face turned slightly pale, and he asked, "High Priest, will anyone from Luzhou encounter anything on the way?" ”

"Probably not, even if there is something, they will not confess to Xiaomeishan, they have all received special latent training, the five elders can rest assured."

Fang Chenqian, who had been silent, said, "He'er, you go and invite all the elders here. ”

"Yes, father."

About a quarter of an hour later, the seven elders of the Heavenly Dao Alliance came to the house where Fang Chenqian was one after another.

This so-called cottage is composed of more than ten huts, it is the resting place of the hunters in Xiaomei Mountain before entering the mountain to hunt, the east mountain and the west mountain belong to the front mountain of Xiaomei Mountain, and then there is a large mountain range, called the back mountain, all of them are uninhabited land, there are many birds and beasts in the mountain, the hunters who live in the Xiaomei Mountain often gather people to hunt in the mountains, most of these hunters are members of the Heavenly Dao League, more than ten years ago, for the convenience of doing things, the resting place was expanded into a small cottage, but it came in handy.

Fang Chenqian said with a solemn expression: "Elders, if there is no news tonight, tomorrow morning everyone will go to the north of Zhenzhou, two hundred miles away from Zhenzhou, there is a large area of mountains and forests, through that mountain forest is the junction of the Song and Mongolian countries, fifteen days later, we will meet in the small wind village in the north of the mountains and forests, the high priest will lead everyone to the Mongolian border, according to the agreement between the priest and the Mongolian Great Khan, my Heavenly Dao Alliance will settle there, and form its own army." ”

Kong Mingtoutuo said: "Big boss, why don't I just do something here, take Ning Guofu first, and then try to develop." ”

Fang Chenqian shook his head and said: "In the battle of the Powder Supervisor, everyone knows the power of the imperial court's firearms, presumably this Ning Guofu has already received the news, and the defense is tight, if my alliance rashly starts an incident, even if it takes the Ning Guofu, it is very likely to be surrounded by the surrounding Song army." For the sake of today's plan, it is better to defect to Mongolia first, while developing power, while waiting for the results of the Xiangyang War, and then slowly plan it. ”

"Not bad." Yang Lian Zhenjia echoed, "The decision of the big boss is the best policy, the firearms of the Song army are sharp, even if the elders are not afraid, but the soldiers are difficult to resist, in order to preserve the strength, the poor monks also agree with the big boss." ”

Great Elder Wang Shangyuan said, "The subordinates also agree with the decision of the Great Boss. ”

Fang Chenqian let out a listless "um" and continued: "There is a hidden road to the north of Xiaomei Mountain, which was accidentally discovered by Orion while hunting, so we only need to cross this path to leave Xiaomei Mountain. The food purchased in the past few days is enough for us to hold on to Xiaofengzhuang, everyone turns back and prepares, if we have no news tonight, tomorrow morning, everyone will leave separately. Elders, now is the time when Song and Mongolia are fighting, be careful all the way, and see you in Xiaofengzhuang. ”

"Yes, boss."

Pang Zeyao finally asked: "Big boss, there are more than 300 brothers on Dongshan, do you want to inform them?" ”

Fang Chenqian sighed: "The brothers on the East Mountain are all injured people, just let them stay there, and return to their places first after they recover from their injuries." Fang Chenqian's intention was very obvious, that is, to abandon them.

Pang Zeyao said "yes" helplessly, he knew that there was no way to do it, from Xiaomeishan to Zhenzhou, thousands of miles away, these wounded could not reach at all, and in the end they could only become a burden to everyone.

Yang Lian Zhenjia said: "Okay, let's rest early." Elder Shi, add a few more secret sentinels fifty meters away. ”

"Yes, Priestess."

At this time, Fang Chenqian and Yang Lian Zhenjia didn't know that Shi Yuqi in Luzhou and the main personnel of the budding firm lurking in the local area had already left Luzhou with five muskets and dozens of rounds of ammunition, so they did not send people south to meet Yang Lian Zhenjia.

After Kublai Khan saw the sharpness of firearms with his own eyes, he asked Shi Yuqi to inform him and ask him to get a few firearms for Ah Lao Wading and others to study. As a senior general of the Song Army, Shi Yuqi knew that there were more than a dozen muskets in all major military regions, specifically to let the senior generals in the army understand the performance of firearms, and there were five in the Luzhou Army, of course, these five muskets were senior military secrets in the army.

In order to bring the musket to the north smoothly, Shi Yuqi could only give up the task of continuing to lurk and personally escort the budding person out of the north gate of Luzhou.

When approaching the child, Xiao Qi and the others came to the entrance of Xiaomei Mountain.

"Mr. Suo Wuji, you and Mr. Yao and Master Yun took the brothers of the thirteenth battalion and fifty imperial guards to Dongshan, there are not many black-clothed people on Dongshan, presumably there are no masters among them, you carry thirty projectiles, annihilate them as quickly as possible, and then immediately rush to Xishan, if it is not necessary, do not use projectiles, so as not to let the masters on Xishan get the news, I and other soldiers are waiting for you on the mountainside of Xishan."

"Yes, sir." Suo Wuji nodded in reply, and then led more than 500 people to the east.

Seeing Suo Wuji and the others disappear into the night, Xiao Qi said to Suo Wuji: "Master Suo, you come to lead the way, and we will also set off immediately, first to Xishan." ”

Compared with the West Mountain, the East Mountain is much smaller, there is an abandoned Taoist temple on the mountain, and the wounded of more than 300 people are all crowded in this Taoist temple, but fortunately, the original scale of this Taoist temple is large, and it can still accommodate these wounded.

Let's say that Suo Wuji, Yun Zhongfei and others quietly came to Dongshan and went to about 30 meters in front of the Taoist temple without any barrier. Yun Zhongfei nodded to Suo Wuji, and then led fifty guards to rush towards the Taoist Temple first, Yao Chaohui led the thirteenth battalion of Sandu men and horses to follow, and Suo Wuji and the battalion commander led the remaining generals to surround the gate of the Taoist Temple.

The battle was surprisingly smooth, and in less than half an hour, all the black-clothed people in the Taoist temple were exterminated, and these black-clothed people had no command, and they were all wounded, still asleep, and they became the souls of the Song army's swords in a daze.

"Finished?"

Yun Zhongfei said: "Well, Mr. Suo, more than ten captives have been captured, and the others have all been wiped out." These people are the black-clothed men of the Heavenly Dao Alliance who attacked the gunpowder prison and claimed to be the Yongle Army, and there is no one in charge of the Taoist temple, so it is easy. ”

For these black-clothed people, Yun Zhongfei was very angry, that night, if it wasn't for the last moment, Yun Bofei decisively used a throwing bomb, the gunpowder prison was very likely to be broken through by the black-clothed people, then he would not be able to explain to the emperor, as the head of the imperial guard who had been stationed in the gunpowder prison for a long time, Yun Zhongfei knew the importance of the gunpowder supervisor better than other guards. After entering the Taoist temple, Yun Zhongfei showed no mercy, except for leaving more than a dozen captives to record confessions, none of the rest were left, and they were all killed.

"Okay." Suo Wuji instructed, "Leave one of the soldiers of the capital to clean up the battlefield and bury the body of the traitor on the spot, and the others immediately rush to Xishan." ”

Everyone knew that Xishan was the main gathering place of the black-clothed people, and no one dared to slack off, marching all the way, and came to the halfway point of Xishan after half an hour.

"Master Wei, the matter of Dongshan is over."

"Mr. Suo, it's been a great job." Xiao Qidao, "Hurry up and take a little rest." ”

"Okay."